Funeral Director Interviewer

INTERVIEWER NOTES

• Use your own discretion and creativity around these policies.
• Your budget is affected by your decisions.
• You do not have an unlimited budget.

Compensation

• You are authorized to approve a salary within a range of $50,000 to $60,000.
• Outside the range requires senior management approval and needs to be supported.  There is no guarantee it will be approved.
• You are authorized to offer a sign-on bonus of up to $10,000.
• The company pays other Funeral Directors in the region $56,000 on average.

Training and Travel 

• You have a budget of up to $5000 per fiscal year at your discretion.
• When safe and possible, this is an in person position.  This funeral home is in a difficult to reach location (not near a Metro stop, inside the DC beltway).  You could offer one day a week of telecommuting, though more than that has shown to be detrimental to smooth and successful operations.  There is free parking.

Benefits 

• Days off - Two weeks earned incrementally over the course of each year is standard for new employees (at year three, it goes to three weeks/yr.).  All staff get three personal days and ten sick days annually.

• You offer competitive health insurance options with three providers and company pays 75% of plan costs (average costs to individual employees is about $100/month).

• Company provides tuition reimbursement up to $5000 per fiscal year for classes if employees received a passing grade and course work is tied to business need.

• After 1 year, the company offers enrollment in pension plan and matches employee contributions up to 4% for the first three years.  After three years, the match increases with seniority up to 10% max.

• Other misc. benefits:  holiday bonus in December based on company profits (equal amount for all employees), a free Turkey at Thanksgiving and elaborate company events for all employees and their families twice a year (holiday party and summer picnic).

• 20% off of funeral services for family members.